Creativity. The word is so simple and yet the creative process is so complicated. Recently, one of my nephews, invited me to visit his blog and review his poems. When I was visiting his blog it suddenly occured to me as what he must be thinking when he created his poems. This thought continued to haunt me and made me get deeply involved about this subject, so much so that I thought it would be better if I write this down so maybe it can help me or the readers of this blog to find answers to somewhat similar quest. So I just decided to jot it down here and share this with everyone.
So what do you think that Creativity is and how one goes about creating something? I know for fact that to create something is not very easy for me I have to go deep into my imagination and collect my thoughts to be able to present them in a written format so that when I read it I can enjoy and may be some of my readers following me can agree with me or share their thoughts on the subject.
I think in order to be able to create something one must be driven by an idea, or a concept or thought that drive them to create in whatever art form one choose to express. It requires certain sensibilities, insight, awareness of the surroundings, sensitivities as how one reacts to different situations, circumstances and then compare that with one's own experience to be able to express them in the best of their ability in an art form. An artiste may express these thoughts, imaginations, feelings in the form of a painting. A writer may draw a lot of from his or her real life experiences and or where they have been a witness to some thought provoking experiences and weave it through the medium of their language by choosing appropriate words that help them to express it beautifully. An actor may draw similar experiences and search their own soul to pour in the presentation of a character; to portray a picture for the audience using the screen of their own minds.
The selection of creative medium is a training process. The more you use an art form to express your inner feelings, turmoil, romance, pain, despair becomes the medium that you get mentally trained for your expression. We all have heard of term used by so many writers or artistes called 'mental block'.What is this mental block? It may be confusing for the people who are not involved in any creative process, but the people who are in creative process faces this all the time. In simple form, your mind struggles as how to express the inner thoughts or feelings by using the art form one is trained on. It is very difficult to make it a mechanical process that you plan to create something and you schedule that you will do so every day from 9 AM to 12 PM. No, it is not going to happen. If someone is doing that, it can not be a true expression of creativity. Alternately may be one get so comfortable or experienced that they can draw from their inner mind just by making an instant demand and create an art form.
The biggest creator of this world is God. He has created so much beauty in so many different forms all around us. Sometime I wish how wonderful it would be if whatever I think or feel I can be in a position to create it immediately. But then I guess it probably would not be so satisfying also. Let me know what do you think?How we can improve creative process? Do you have any experience in overcoming and or mastering the creatvity? I am waiting to hear from you all.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Are We Ready For A Change?
Sitting in my room, far away from my motherland, my heart was crying watching on television what has been going on in Mumbai. My mind and heart is still numb from this mindless terror that snatched the lives of so many innocent people. Who are these people? How did they dare to attack our motherland? I can not take my mind away from the thoughts and feelings of those unaware victims. What they must be thinking? How can these young cruel terrorists can be so mindless? They had no logic or feelings to take away lives of someone's daughters, mothers, brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers. Terror have no religion. These terrorists are merchants of death. They deserve no mercy from anyone. Any religion or faith that purporates such mindless violence should be shunned. No such religion can show any path leading to God.
I salute the martyers who have lost their lives to protect the lives of their countrymen. My heart cried the loudest but silently to see Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan' mother crying by the side of his body during his last journey. I salute this family.
It was shameful that on Sunday 30th November, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and his Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan showed up so late at Major's house . They were rightfully turned away by Major Sandeep's brave father K. Unnikrishnan when they came to condole the death of his only son, who had been killed by terrorists in Mumbai. Mr Achuthanandan said had the nerve to criticise him by saying that “a soldier’s father should have displayed better behavior.” Mr. Achuthanandan told a news channel: “He [Mr. Unnikrishnan] says that the Kerala CM didn’t come whereas the Karnataka CM came in the morning … Is there a rule that the CMs of Kerala and Karnataka should be there at the same time? If not for Sandeep's house, not even a dog would have gone there." How can he ever say such words to a soldier who laid down his life. This is show of such a deploreable and shamful behavior by a leader.
We need to change!
But are we ready for a change? All the people I have talked to wants to do something but don't know what to do. Change is not going to happen by the resignation of some political leaders. We need to change our entire politicial system. We must have accountability from our leaders. Change is not going to happen by electing different parties and its leaders. We need to have a leader of change. We need another Mahatama Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, someone who has no link to any party. Someone who is completely outside of our corrupted political system. Someone who has a vision to uplift the entire nation; the young, the old, the rich, the poor, irrelevant of their caste or religion the downtrodden, the elite, the young, the old, will completely follow, trust and respect. Somone who can make this country a peaceful place for all religion to able to live together Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christian - everyone.
Let us join hands to change our political process, to encourage new blood, someone who does not have a political dynasty or is a career politician. We have made such strides in so many fields then why these should not be encouraged to lead our nation? I ask you, let us join together and change this system. The change can come from a few all we need persistent effort and perseverance.
Vande Mataram!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Kahlil Gibran - Quotes from my favorite childhood writer
- Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born.
- Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
- God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
- I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
- If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
- If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
- If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
- In the sweetness of friendship; let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
- It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
- Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
- Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
- The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
- The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
Mindset - Gandhian
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